muffle

Once, when Aden’s in the middle of telling Long exactly how to behave, Lee takes us inside Long’s head and we hear muffled gibberish.

The visible clutter sets off a contagious, slightly embarrassed giggle, which she muffles with her hands.

“I don’t have any more tears to cry,” said Sanchez, her voice muffled by a face mask to protect her from smoke.

Rausch said he had not reached the market when "all of a sudden, we heard a muffled noise, an engine roaring".

He dropped his face in his hands, muffling his voice.